Obituaries

Local obituaries for Holcombe Funeral Home, Inc.
Arlene Fox Gregory
Jan 16, 2022
Mrs. Arlene Fox Gregory, age 63, of 141 Hearthstone Lane, Boiling Springs, widow of Charles Gregory, passed away Sunday, January 16, 2022 at Spartanburg Medical Center.
Mrs. Gregory was born in Union, April 15, 1958, a daughter of the late Kenneth and Shirley Boulware Fox. She was a graduate of Union High School and retired from the...
Phyllis Crocker Stines
Jan 10, 2022
Mrs. Phyllis Crocker Stines, age 82, of 214 Old Shetley Place, Union, widow of Beverly Stines, Jr., passed away, Monday, January 10, 2022 at Union Medical Center.
Mrs. Stines was born November 6, 1939 in Spartanburg, a daughter of the late John Louie Crocker and Ruby Burgess Crocker. She retired after 17 ½ years from Wallace Thomson...
Sabrina Karen Mathis
Jan 9, 2022
The family of Sabrina Karen Mathis is left to grieve her passing on January 9, 2022.
Sabrina was a lover of nature and all God's creatures in it. No animal every went hungry or endured an injury that she could not remedy. She worked many years at Yerkes Primate Center, taking care of the many primates and...
Nellie Steagall
Jan 9, 2022
Mrs. Nellie Ivey Steagall, age 95, of 106 James St., Union, widow of J.W. Steagall, passed away Sunday, January 9, 2022 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home.
Mrs. Steagall was born March 16, 1926 in Union, a daughter of the late Dorsey Douglas Ivey and Dora Horne Ivey. She was a graduate of Union High School and attended...
Albert Wayne Springs
Jan 8, 2022
Wayne was born to Marvin and Nora Lancaster Springs, September 21, 1938, in the Sulphur Springs community. Wayne had 4 siblings: Dale (Mildred) Springs (both deceased), Patricia Lawson, Buffalo, SC, Linda (Dan) Scott, Simpsonville, SC, and Judy Garner, Union, SC.
Wayne attended Knott Hill, a one room schoolhouse, in Sulphur Springs and graduated from Jonesville High School...
Ralph Eugene "Gene" (Cuz) Gregory
Jan 8, 2022
Mr. Ralph Eugene "Gene" (Cuz) Gregory, age 88, husband of Barbara Harris Gregory, of 707 E. Main St., Union, passed away Saturday, January 8, 2022 at his home.
Mr. Gregory was born March 10, 1933 in Union, a son of the late Will Gregory and Hilda Saunders Gregory. In 1965, he founded Gene's Fine Foods. Previously he...
Thomas Lee Coffer
Jan 7, 2022
Mr. Thomas Lee Coffer, age 92, passed away Friday, January 7, 2022. He was born in Greensboro, North Carolina on December 16, 1929, a son of the late Margaret James Coffer and Silas Coffer. He was a graduate of Rankin High School, and soon after began work at Cone Mills Textile Corporation. He married his high school sweetheart, Barbara...
Kenneth Wayne Holcombe
Jan 7, 2022
Mr. Kenneth Wayne Holcombe, age 81, of 125 Amber Dr., Union, widower of Sandra Littlejohn Holcombe, passed away, Friday, January 7, 2022, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home.
Mr. Holcombe was born March 12, 1940, in Union, a son of the late Sidney Earl Holcombe and Margaret Gregory Holcombe. Mr. Holcombe retired as a Pastor and had also...
Pricilla Keasler Vess
Jan 6, 2022
Mrs. Pricilla Keasler Vess, age 79, widow of Melvin Vess, passed away Thursday, January 6, 2022, at Ellen Sagar Nursing Center. Melvin and Pricilla enjoyed 55 years of marriage prior to his death in 2015.
Mrs. Vess was born in Chester, June 8, 1942, a daughter of the late John and Estelle Jackson Keasler. She was a...
Rebecca Price Wade
Jan 6, 2022
Mrs. Rebecca Price Hembree Wade, age 75, wife of Terry J. Wade of E. South St., Union passed away Thursday, January 6, 2022 at her home.
Mrs. Wade was born in Union, August 14, 1946, a daughter of the late J.C. and Louise Smith Price. She was a 1964 graduate of Union High School and a graduate...
Teddy Scott Mull
Jan 5, 2022
Mr. Teddy Scott Mull, age 39, of Union, passed away Wednesday, January 5, 2022 at Spartanburg Medical Center.
Mr. Mull was born in Union, July 14, 1982 a son of the late Robert Marshall Mull and Tammy Denise Gibson Prince. He attended Union High School and was formerly employed with Paragon Plastics and Timken Co. Mr. Mull...
James D. Haile
Jan 4, 2022
Mr. James Dennis Haile, born May 5, 1947, left his beloved ponderosa, January 4, 2022 surrounded by his beloved wife and girls as he met his Jesus.
He leaves behind at the bunkhouse his cowgirl of 55 years, Thelma Skipper Haile. His ranch hands, Janet Haile Searcey (Leroy Searcey) of Inman, Jennifer Haile Waddell (Todd Waddell) of...
Ray W. Freeman
Jan 4, 2022
Mr. Ray Wilson Freeman, age 88, husband of Ruby Sherbert Freeman, of 114 Springdale Dr., Union, passed away, Tuesday, January 4, 2022, surrounded by his family.
Mr. Freeman was born in Union, March 1, 1933, a son of the late Alex and Sue Lea Freeman. He was a veteran of the US Army having served in the...
Melissa H. Millwood
Jan 2, 2022
Mrs. Melissa Hope Hamby Millwood, age 57, of N. Church St., Union, widow of Mark Millwood, passed away Sunday, January 2, 2022 at her home.
Mrs. Millwood was born in Laurens, February 3, 1964, a daughter of the late Gladys Louise Hamby Clark. She was a homemaker and an active member of Morningside Baptist Church. Melissa was...
Melba Runyans Tate
Jan 2, 2022
Melba Runyans Tate of Union, SC went to be with her Savior on Sunday January 2, 2022. Born February 1, 1923 in Shelby, NC, she was the daughter of Adolphus Craig Runyans and Estelle Benoy Runyans. She worked for the Union County School System for 25 years at Foster Park Elementary School; she loved her work, the administrators, faculty,...
Ollie Mae Vinson
Jan 2, 2022
Mrs. Ollie Mae Arthur Vinson, age 97, of 556 Brown's Creek Rd., Union, widow of James H. "Jake" Vinson, passed away Sunday, January 2, 2022 at the Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home.
Mrs. Vinson was born in Union, January 22, 1924, a daughter of the late Voyd Falls Arthur and Clara Harrison Arthur. She retired after 42 years...
Louise F. Mitchell
Jan 2, 2022
Mrs. Mary Louise Fowler Mitchell, age 85, of 189 Sunset Dr., Pacolet, widow of Douglas Mark Mitchell, passed away Sunday, January 2, 2022, at her home.
Mrs. Mitchell was born in Spartanburg, August 8, 1936, a daughter of the late John Callie Fowler and Bessie Golden Holland Fowler. She was a graduate of Spartanburg High School and...
Betty T. Duncan
Dec 30, 2021
Mrs. Betty June Trakas Duncan, age 88, widow of Theron Wilson Duncan formerly of Buffalo, passed away Thursday, December 30, 2021.
Mrs. Duncan was born in Woodruff, June 20, 1933, a daughter of the late Spiro Pete Trakas and Virgie Elizabeth Coleman Trakas. She was a homemaker and of the Methodist faith.
Surviving are two...
John Parris
Dec 29, 2021
Mr. John Fred "Johnny" Parris, age 74, passed away and entered his eternal home, Wednesday, December 29, 2021. He was welcomed to Heaven by his precious wife, JoAnn and his Momma and Daddy, Fred and Thelma Johnson Parris.
Johnny was a caring, faithful person who will be missed and loved. He will live on in our hearts...
James “Jimmy” Archie Sykes
Dec 28, 2021
Mr. James "Jimmy" Archie Sykes, age 81, husband of Nancy Proctor Sykes of 828 Riley Road, Buffalo, South Carolina passed away Tuesday, December 28, 2021.
Jimmy was born December 28, 1940 in Union, South Carolina, son of the late Woodrow Wilson Sykes and Sara Stone Sykes. Jimmy was a 1959 graduate of Union High School, graduate of...





